Karen Inglis is an internationally bestselling children’s author of picture books, chapter books and middle-grade novels for ages 3–12. Her time-travel adventure The Secret Lake has sold over 600,000 print copies in English and is in translation in 14 languages.
Her award-winning Secret Lake series continues with Return to the Secret Lake and Beyond the Secret Lake, which won the 2025 UK Selfies Children’s Book Award. Karen’s other books include funny and magical adventures for younger readers, rhyming picture books and her latest illustrated chapter book, Ferdinand Fox Saves the Day.
Karen lives in London and regularly visits schools, as well as offering virtual author visits internationally. She is also Children’s Advisor at the Alliance of Independent Authors and writes practical guides for authors about self-publishing and marketing children’s books.
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The Secret Lake series
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